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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Unfortunately (or fortunately, perhaps?) many developers, including your truly, are under the belief that writing code should be as easy to understand as possible is the way to go.
But since it defies an initial logic assessment, I am still waiting for a deeper truth to be uncovered!

Note: I think I found it, it's competition!
While it is your interest, it is the opposite interest of your boss, hence you should do it well enough that your boss doesn't detect it or a competitor doesn't make it any more clear.
Also, when working on your own project, it's your interest to make it as simple and straightforward as possible...

Hence it is not always the case you should make it as obscure as possible... and as obscure as possible has various degrees of obscureness depending on circumstances

Handy for a hotel to give the WLAN password in the Lounge music, so the customers don't need to enter it manually. What the hell are they thinking?
As it wasn't enough to possibly have your conversations being spied, now you can't even get data / code transferred to the phone without being able to avoid it?

I wonder how long will it take before someone missuses this to try to install malware in the phones

M.D.V.

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The problem I've run across with Microsoft's code analyzers is the number of false positives. This is compounded by a lack of clear guidance on what things are important; a lot of items in Microsoft's tool are inconsequential. (And sometimes their suggestions are bonkers, especially the ones that want you to use something extremely verbose to replace something completely legal and succinct.)

The malware doesn’t steal data from a user. Instead, it hacks apps and forces them to display more ads or takes credit for the ads they already display so that the malware’s operator can profit off the fraudulent views.

"I can taste your stink and every time I do, I fear that I've somehow been infected by it."

Security researcher Marcus Mengs discovered that the flaws are caused by Logitech dongles' outdated firmware and that they allow attackers with physical access to their targets' computers to exploit the bugs and launch keystroke injection attacks, record keystrokes, and take control of compromised systems.

“We could potentially use the glass as a biometric lock, tuned to recognize only one person’s face,” Yu said. “Once built, it would last forever without needing power or internet, meaning it could keep something safe for you even after thousands of years.”